castrol oil at Halfords

sible88 said:

My mistake you have a freelander
I miss read

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I should think so too. There int no durdy biscuit tins on this ere forum.

I use castrol magnatec part semi stuff. Buy it online, but also picked up loads earlier this year when tes-co had cheap. Got 20L now. Should keep be going for many happy motoring years too come.

i use millers multifleet, £56 for 25ltrs

pete23 said:

i use millers multifleet, £56 for 25ltrs

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Well 'oil be blown' Sorry for the pun. But what oil does a TD5 run on? There is about 5 options.. From 10-40 to infinity. At a loss really to make out what to do for the best? In the hope that i don't get revered to old posts on the subject, after 18 months or so I've found that other forums on cars i own advice changes. No offense meant, as oil spec's seem to change each year.

Cheer Pals

MULDERKE said:

Well 'oil be blown' Sorry for the pun. But what oil does a TD5 run on? There is about 5 options.. From 10-40 to infinity. At a loss really to make out what to do for the best? In the hope that i don't get revered to old posts on the subject, after 18 months or so I've found that other forums on cars i own advice changes. No offense meant, as oil spec's seem to change each year.

Cheer Pals

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Geez!

As if it mattered!

Use tractor universal and change it every 5k to 7 k miles.

Perfect!

CharlesY

MULDERKE said:

Well 'oil be blown' Sorry for the pun. But what oil does a TD5 run on? There is about 5 options.. From 10-40 to infinity. At a loss really to make out what to do for the best? In the hope that i don't get revered to old posts on the subject, after 18 months or so I've found that other forums on cars i own advice changes. No offense meant, as oil spec's seem to change each year.

Cheer Pals

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Uncle Charlesy always gets excited about oil but like he says use tuo or fully synthetic 5w30 just look for B5 on the can..

rollin danny said:

Uncle CharlesY always gets excited about oil but like he says use tuo or fully synthetic 5w30 just look for B5 on the can..

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Thanks Danny,

Engine oil is one of the biggest rip-offs in motoring history.

TUO is the business.

It is going to break my heart to do it, but this week I will change the oil and filter in my TD5 Disco. It has about 92,000 miles on the clock, has used TUO since 18K miles, has run 7,000 miles since the last oil change and the oil is CLEAN, and the inside of the engine is like new.

I will still change the oil - I will drain it into a clean container, then tip it straight into the fuel tank.

6 litres of oil at £1.40 is £8.40 saved, damn-near the cost of the oil.

CharlesY

CharlesY said:

Thanks Danny,


I will still change the oil - I will drain it into a clean container, then tip it straight into the fuel tank.

CharlesY

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I pity your lifter pump all that crap it has to deal with - don't you filter it first?

StuckAgainSteve said:

I pity your lifter pump all that crap it has to deal with - don't you filter it first?

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What crap would that be?

The lube oil has just spent 7,500 miles being filtered in a paper element and in a T D5 centrifuge.

When I say this oil is clean, I mean CLEAN.

CharlesY

CharlesY said:

What crap would that be?

The lube oil has just spent 7,500 miles being filtered in a paper element and in a T D5 centrifuge.

When I say this oil is clean, I mean CLEAN.

CharlesY

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Modern oil suspends small particles of debris, oil filters filter out relatively big lumps, the reason is because if filters were too fine they wouldn't last the extended service intervals now expected without getting blocked. You are putting tiny swarf particles through your injection system - good luck...